Australian Soldiers. Review of Reviews.
There is no need for doubt as to the fighting quality of the Austra- ; lian contingents. As it happens, the Queenslanders and the New Zealanders have, so far, had the best chances of distinguishing themselves, and they have borne themselves nobly. The first Victoria Cross ever awarded to an Australian soldier will probably be | granted to that Queenolander who, at Sunnyside, faced a tempest of Boer bullets to succour his wounded officer ; or to that other Queenslander who, with a handful of men of the Guards, swam across the river to attack the enemy. „At Rindsberg the New Zealanders asked to be allowed- to storm a hill on which the Boers had planted a heavy gun, and General French, while admiring their pluck, forbade the attack as too desperate. Queenslanders have been the first of the Australian contingents to actually fallen in battle, three men from that colony having been killed at Sunnyside. /
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 108, 13 February 1900, Page 4
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158Australian Soldiers. Review of Reviews. Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 108, 13 February 1900, Page 4
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